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UPDATED Trademarks List: New, Unused And/Or Notable

Folks have been asking for a fresh/updated thread, as the other one is getting long, so I took it upon myself to compile this list.

This isn't going to include characters that have already been announced or used, such as Swift Wind, Faceless One, Lieutenant Spector etc. Exceptions would be someone like Ceratus; a character name that has already been used in a bio, but still has the potential of getting a figure at some later point.

Notable means something along the lines of Arachna Spider-Warriors, to where the name/phrase has been used in a bio a long time ago, but is only recently appearing the trademarks database.

And weren't Mekaneck & Man-E-Faces, along with Clawful also copyrighted? I don't think that most recent thread was the most complete listing. I think there were previous threads that had other names. Dekker was also copyrighted earlier when his name appeared on MAA's bio.

And weren't Mekaneck & Man-E-Faces, along with Clawful also copyrighted? I don't think that most recent thread was the most complete listing. I think there were previous threads that had other names. Dekker was also copyrighted earlier when his name appeared on MAA's bio.

Dekker has been mentioned in a bio, but he doesn't have a Mattel trademark filed for him in the database. Mekaneck's trademark is dead.

As for characters like Clawful and Man-E-Faces, there's some popular ones like them to where their trademarks have been active for years / never seem to go dead. They do fall under the "unused" category, but I'm not sure if most of you are just interested in seeing the ones that have ultra recent renewals. Do you guys want them included?

Oops. Sorry about that. I was spelling his name like Kevenn, and that version comes up as dead.

Just to clarify - and I know I'm not always the greatest at catching every detail in every post - the first post in this thread isn't going to be including characters that have already been announced as getting an upcoming figure (i.e. Swift Wind, Faceless One, etc.)

Good news for you, Mike : Optikk aside (2010), Slush Head is the ONLY other NA figure that was trademarked so far. So logically and hopefully, I guess he's a NA figure that should be released in 2011...

I should also point out that I'm not going to be including trademarked locations, UNLESS they haven't been used in a bio. For example, Sub-Ternia won't show up because we've already seen it in Whiplash's bio and chances are we won't be getting some sort of Sub-Ternia playset.

The point of this thread is to see who/what we have left and who/what is potentially possible...that also has an active trademark.

Clamp Champ:
I thought he was going to be in the 2011 Subscription, but I bet he was TM'd for the PALACE GUARDS 2-pack

Lodar
Too unique not to be a 2011 figure (very excited for this one!)

Horde Troopers
I hope these come out in 2011, and not the Arachna warriors... (weird). Though, they could be TM'd for a Hordak variant, or for Catra's bio (she IS a Force Captain), or the Etheria map.

Tung Lashor :
Probably TM'd for Rattlor's or King Hsss's bio...

Rattlor
RUMOR: Rattlor was going to be the first snakeman revealed (Jan 2011)... I think that if the female buck IS being reinvented, that they needed an A-List boss (Catra for POP was rumored to be Feb, but Vikor, a He-man variant type figure, is Feb instead), so they removed Rattlor, and debuted King Hssss instead, killing two birds with one stone (boss and Snake Man intro). I also think Rattlor will be mentioned in King Hsss's bio.

Modulok & Multibot
I doubt that they would both come out in the same year. If Multibot is planned (more likely since he was TM'd a while ago), then Modulok will be mentioned in the bio, because Modulok MADE Multibot

Sweet Bee
Also a likely 2011 figure... they have to bite the bullet and give us a girly POP character... unless she's mentioned in Buzz-Off's bio (PLEASE no), then she's likely for 2011

Catra
you ALL know my thoughts on her... she was supposed to be shown at SDCC (just as Roboto was to be shown at NYCC, but was delayed... the delay was confirmed by TG sort of -- "we had a lot of problems with this one."). Let mattel deny it (not that they have)...

Queen Marlena
She's GOT to be 2011... she better not be the SDCC exclusive... but she might be... Green Filmation version and White MYP version... because they probably wouldn't be able to sell enough of the variant later on

Fisto
Likely for 2011... Other than MAA, or MAYBE Jitsu, whose bio would he be in?

Sy-Klone & Mekaneck
I've heard rumors about Sy-Klone coming, but not in the way you'd expect... but that rumor was debunked, at least for now, since we didn't see him at SDCC... the timing for both of these TM's is weird... right at the kick-off of the MOTUC line? Neither of them have appeared in any bios... which leads me to wonder if TG's claim that they only planned this line for 6 figures at first was real?

Oo-Larr
probably 2011 Quarterly Variant

Demo-Man
Trademarked for Re-Release Skeletor's revised bio

Arachna Spider Warriors
This sounds a lot like the Eternia Palace Guards title... I wonder if we will get them as a two-pack... I mean, otherwise, why bother TM'ing them as a title... it's not like they would need to for a bio... they are just words.

Swiftwind
confirmed for 2011

Megator
TM'd for Tytus's bio... they will delay him as long as they can

Kex
Probably TM'd for Buzz-Off's bio

Gwildor
I thought he was going to be a 2011 figure, but he will probably just be mentioned in Preternia He-man's bio

Thanks for the update guys. Of those that have been TM'd, i believe we still have many great figures to be released. A few mentioned such as Rattlor, Modulok, Catra, Fisto (and believe it or not) Snout Spout leave me feeling optimistic for 2011.